Clothes-sprinkler.



No. 776,698. PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904. J. I. SLOAT.

CLOTHES SPRINKLER. 1

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Snoenlioz 27 M \2 KM W26 I w M UNITED STATES Patented December 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTHES-SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,698, dated December 6, 1904:.

Application filed Augllfi 3, 1904. Serial No. 219,322. (No model.)

T0 or whom 2175 may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN I. SLoAr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winchester, in the county of Frederick and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Sprinklers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for sprinkling clothes, flowers, plants, &c.; and the object of the in vention is to produce a simple and eflicient device provided with a receptacle to be filled with water having perforations through which water may be sprinkled and so constructed that the apparatus may be laid down upon a table or other object without water leaking from the receptacle.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved sprinkling device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through a portion of the same. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view showing the arrangement of the perforations through which water is sprinkled. Fig. i is a slight modification of the construction of the invention, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the position the device will assume when not in use.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a receptacle for water, which is made, preferably, of the shape illustrated and is provided with a handle B, which may be solid or hollow, and if solid, as illustrated in Fig. 2, a vent-duct O is provided, leading through a portion of the handle and affording means for communicating with the interior of the receptacle for the exit of air when the device is being filled. The bottom or face of the receptacle (designated by letter 1)) is preferably convexed and is provided with a series of perforations E about the apeX of said convexed portion, and in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, I have illustrated a weighted member F, seated in the apex of the convexed portion of the receptacle and provided for the purpose of causing the apparatus to right itself while resting in a receptacle of water, whereby the device may be readily filled.

In Fig. i I have shown a slight modification of the receptacle in which, instead of a weighted member, I form an aperture H in the convexed end of the receptacle and provide a valve K, having a stem K, which is guided in a bracket-arm M, and the eonvexed portion of said valve apparatus slotted through said aperture and is adapted to contact with the bottom of the receptacle holding the water, whereby the valve will become unseated when coming into contact with the bottom of any water-containing vessel for the purpose of filling the receptacle. In the form illustrated in Fig. 4 are the perforations E, similar to those disclosed in the other figure, and in Fig. 5 I have shown the position that the device will assume when resting upon a table in any use, in which it will be observed that water will remain in the receptacle without leaking out through the perforations, thereby showing a means for retaining water even though the receptacle should Work upon its circumference, the water at all times being below the perforations.

By the provision of the apparatus shown and described it will be observed that a simple and efficient device is provided for convenient use, in which clothes, plants, or flowers may be easily sprinkled, and by reason of the peculiar construction of the receptacle water may be held within the same when the device is placed upon a table or other object, as illustrated in Fig. 5, without leaking out through the perforations, and the device will be ever ready for immediate use.

While I have shown a particular form of construction illustrating my sprinkling apparatus, it will be understood that I may vary the detailed construction of the same, if desired, Without in any Way departing from the spirit of my invention. 1

Having thus fully described my invention, What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sprinkling device comprising a receptacle having a convexed face with a weighted portion at the apex thereof, said convexed portion having series of perforations about said weighted portion with an imperforate 

